Marquis Daniels’ Dad Arrested, Tasered
I believe there’s only one appropriate reaction to this story, courtesy of WESH/NBC in Orlando: Holy crap! The details: “The father of a Boston Celtics player was shot with a Taser gun and arrested at Tuesday night’s Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at the Amway Arena in Orlando, according to police. Willie Lorenzo Buie is the father of 28-year-old Boston Celtic Marquis Daniels. Buie was charged with resisting arrest with violence. According to an arrest report, Buie was being escorted out of the arena by security when he began tensing up and resisting. When another officer tried to help escort Buie out, Buie said, ‘I’m not going. (Expletive) you!’ the arrest report said.”
(h/t: @BQRMagic)
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Actually it’s perfectly legal and within police procedure to taser someone while they are prone if hte police feel you are actively resisting them. So, if the police say you wouldn’t allow them to handcuff you, or you wouldn’t lie on the ground, even if you’re not attacking them, they can taser until you submit.
Or, does anybody notice that police downplay past history when it turns out the victim has been an upstanding citizen, preferring to instead focus on the present situation?
I don’t know what happened with Daniels’ dad, I wasn’t there. But, I think in this case a sense of bias has been created in the public’s mind based on the release of certain information and not other information.
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